FRIED EGGS AND GREEN SALSA ON TORTILLA CHIPS (CHILAQUILES)
Ingredients
- ¼ onion
- roughly chopped
- 1½ green serrano or jalapeño chillies
- stems removed
- halved
- 2 garlic cloves
- finely chopped
- 125ml/4½fl oz chicken stock or water
- 380g tin tomatillos
- available online
- ½ tsp flaked sea salt
- 300ml/10fl oz corn or sunflower oil
- plus 2 tablespoons
- 4 corn tortillas
- each cut into 8 triangles
- 4 free-range eggs
- 75g/2½oz Lancashire cheese or feta
- crumbled
- 1 shallot
- thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander
- 4 tbsp soured cream
Directions
- Place the onion
- chillies
- garlic
- stock and tomatillos into a food processor and blend to make a sauce.
- Place a saucepan over a medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of corn oil. Add the sauce and season with salt to taste. Simmer for 5 minutes
- or until thickened.
- Heat 300ml/10fl oz oil to 190C in a large heavy-based pan (CAUTION: hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave unattended.). Fry the tortilla triangles until just golden-brown and crisp
- then drain on kitchen paper.
- Fry the eggs in a little oil in a frying pan over a medium heat
- until cooked to your liking.
- Stir the tortillas into the sauce
- folding lightly to coat them but taking care not to break them. Divide the mixture between four warm shallow bowls and top each one with a fried egg. Top with crumbled cheese
- the shallot
- coriander and soured cream. Serve immediately.

